argus pheasant
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- In pheasant
The argus pheasants, of southeastern Asia, carry long feathers covered with “eyes.” Two distinct types are known: the crested argus, or ocellated pheasants (Rheinardia), and the great argus (Argusianus). The great argus of Malaya, Sumatra, and Borneo (A. argus) can attain a length of 2 m…
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size
- In galliform: Size range and diversity of structure
…pounds); the longest is the argus pheasant (Argusianus argus), the male of which reaches 2 metres (79 inches) in breeding plumage, including wing and tail feathers, whose length exceeds one metre.
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